Feb 1, 2021
Appropriate and timely pain care, especially for children, is a necessity and every clinician's responsibility. Yet our training system fails to provide the clinicians with those necessary skills and tools. In this episode, Dr Tracy Harrison, MD from the Mayo Clinic, discusses the importance, knowhow of necessary skills and leaves you with practical skills you can put into practice right away!
Takeaways in This Episode
- Dr. Harrison's interest and work in pediatric pain medicine
- Reasons for the discrepancy in pediatric pain care across institutions and geographical locations
- Implications and impact for pain care discrepancy in pediatric pain
- Whose responsibility is it to ensure "best pain care everywhere"
- Barriers to best pain care everywhere
- What can you as a clinician do to contribute to best pain care for children under your care
- Dr. Harrison's advice to all clinicians caring for children's health.
- Dr. Harrison's advice for pediatric pain specialist and what our responsibility is in achieving this goal.
Links
Connect with Dr. Harrison on Twitter
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Pedia Pain Focus Episode # 26. Manage Memory Manage Pain!
Join the Proactive Pain Solutions Physicians Academy
About the Speaker
Tracy Harrison, MD is a board certified pediatric anesthesiologist, pain medicine, palliative care and hospice care physician. She’s an Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She is the co-director of the Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center that treats some of the most complex chronic patients who are significantly disabled by their pain, from all over the globe. She has many publications to her credit and is an invited speaker at national and international pediatric pain meetings. She chairs the Patient and Family Advocacy Council at the Mayo Clinic’s Children’s Center.